Kati Marton

Kati Marton, an author of eight books, is a board member and former chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists.

For the last decade, Pakistan has been one of the world's
most dangerous countries for the media. At least 46 journalists have been killed, 24 of them murdered for the
"crime" of covering the intelligence services, the Taliban, separatists in
Baluchistan, or the criminal underworld. The result is a legacy of
self-censorship and fear among the Pakistan press; critical stories go
unreported.

More reporters are jailed in Turkey than in any other
country in the world. According to CPJ's recent survey, at least 61 are imprisoned
directly for their work, representing the second biggest media
crackdown in the 27 years we have been documenting such records. (Only Turkey
itself has rivaled the extent of this crackdown, when it jailed 78
journalists in 1996.) In the country hailed as the model moderate Islamic
republic, how is this possible?